Miami criminal defense attorney Alfredo Izaguirre has been involved in many notable cases during his tenure as a Florida criminal defense lawyer, including appearing for the defendant-appellant in United States. v. Hall, a case which forced the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to change the definition of what constitutes an identity theft victim. You can read the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals full decision by clicking here. The Daily Business Review declared that this decision “could have ripple effects across the country on how courts sentence identity thieves.”

Below are links to other stories which have appeared in the media regarding various recent high-profile cases handled by Alfredo Izaguirre.

Norge Manduley was facing the death penalty if convicted of the murder of a rival gang member in a kidnapping gone awry. After a week-long trial, the jury returned a not guilty verdict on the murder and kidnapping charges. Mr. Izaguirre was able to produce witnesses and other evidence to overcome the testimony of the prosecution’s four witnesses, including eyewitnesses at the scene, who identified Manduley as the shooter.

More than ten years after it went missing from an art museum in Caracas, Venezuela, the FBI arrested two people in Miami trying to sell a valuable work of art by renowned painter Henri Matisse. The original art thieves apparently replaced the original with a forgery at the time of the theft. Alfredo Izaguirre, representing one of the individuals charged with possession of stolen property and other offenses, argued that the painting his client is charged in possession of is itself a fake.

As attorney for one of two men accused of smuggling 20 Cuban nationals into Florida, criminal defense attorney Alfredo Izaguirre filed a motion to dismiss statements his client made to Border Patrol agents after his arrest. Mr. Izaguirre argued that his client did not have a federally certified interpreter present during questioning and that improper interviewing procedures led his client to unknowingly waive his right to remain silent.

Federal agents and Miami police arrested two individuals they believed to be part of a network of armed robbers targeting taxi drivers and delivery drivers. One of the individuals arrested, Lionell Sanders, is alleged to have shot a taxi driver during one of the robberies and was charged with Attempted Carjacking With a Deadly Weapon and Possession of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence. Sanders’ attorney, Alfredo Izaguirre, has stated there is insufficient evidence to convict his client and expects to take the case to trial.

Three men were charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine in connection with a boat interdicted by the U.S. Coast Guard off the Panama coast with over one ton of cocaine onboard. Alfredo Izaguirre, representing one of the men arrested, indicated that his client was not a knowing participant in a drug smuggling operation but may have been working on the boat without being told the nature of the voyage.

Television Appearances

Incidents of identity fraud occur in the US every three seconds with a price tag of over $20 billion. Florida has the highest rate of identity theft in the country, but the numbers are on the rise nationwide. Alfredo Izaguirre was interviewed for the story as an expert in identity fraud.

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